One author from this country wrote about the title character's self-defeating "spiritual victories" in "The True Story of Ah Q," found in the collection A Call to Arms. An exile from this country wrote absurdist plays like Bus Stop, and wrote of a narrator that splits into ‘I', ‘you', ‘he', and ‘she' while seeking  [*] Soul Mountain. Older novels from here include one with 108 title characters, Outlaws of the Marsh, and an epic featuring the Monkey King – two of its Four
One author from this country wrote about the title character's self-defeating "spiritual victories" in "The True Story of Ah Q," found in the collection A Call to Arms. An exile from this country wrote absurdist plays like Bus Stop, and wrote of a narrator that splits into ‘I', ‘you', ‘he', and ‘she' while seeking  [*] Soul Mountain. Older novels from here include one with 108 title characters, Outlaws of the Marsh, and an epic featuring the Monkey King – two of its Four Classics. For 10 points, name this nation home to Lu Xun and Gao Xingjian, where Journey to the West was written during the Ming era.
One author from this country wrote about the title character's self-defeating "spiritual victories" in "The True Story of Ah Q," found in the collection A Call to Arms.
People's Republic of {China} [accept {Zhongguo}; accept “{Republic} of {China}” until “{Another author}”, but not after!]